Facultative adjustment of brood sex ratio in response to indirect manipulation of behaviour

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1057-1065

  Johannessen, Lars Erik ^a   Kristiansen, Lena ^a   Hansen, Bo Terning ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD REARING; BROOD STOCK; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SONG;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 70350033547     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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